Joy Wilkinson is a British screenwriter, playwright, author, and director.

Early life

Wilkinson was born in Burnley, Lancashire. At age 14, she co-wrote ''Fried Eggs & Fag Ends'', a play at the Lancashire Young Writers Festival that got reviewed in The Guardian by David Ward. She worked as a journalist before winning the Verity Bargate Award.

Career

Wilkinson has written several plays, such as ''Britain’s Best Recruiting Sergeant'', ''Fair'' and ''The Sweet Science of Bruising'', which opened at Southwark Playhouse in 2018. In 2015, she was announced as a

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''Star of Tomorrow'' for her thriller screenplay, ''Killer Résumé'', which landed her on the 2014 Brit List. She adapted Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen Cao for BBC Radio 4, as well as several

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adaptations. Among them were ''

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'', '' Sparkling Cyanide'' and '' The Pale Horse''. In 2021, she wrote an adaptation of Hope Mirrlees' '' Lud-in-the-Mist'' for BBC Radio 4. On television, Wilkinson wrote for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2012, Wilkinson adapted '' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' as a five-part miniseries for BBC One. In 2018, she contributed the eighth episode of the eleventh series of ''

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'', '' The Witchfinders''. Wilkinson would novelise her episode as part of the ''

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Collection'', and later wrote the short story ''The Simple Things''. She wrote the comic strip ''Black Powder'' for

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in 2021. She co-wrote the fourth episode of '' The Watch'', which is inspired by the

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from the ''

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'' series of fantasy novels by

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. On March 17, 2022, it was announced that Wilkinson would be writing a feature adaptation of Kevin J. Anderson and Steven L. Sears’ ''Stalag-X'', to be directed by

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. In 2020, her directorial debut, the period short film ''Ma'am'', was released. It won at the Emerging Talent Awards at the New Renaissance Film Festival. Wilkinson wrote and directed a follow-up short film, ''The Everlasting Club'' in 2021. In 2023, Wilkinson began production on her feature film debut, the low-budget thriller ''7 Keys''.

Filmography

References

External links

Official Website
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